Verse 9

Fools mock at making amends for guilt, but goodwill is found among the upright.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 10:23 : 23 A fool finds pleasure in wicked schemes, but a person of understanding delights in wisdom.
  • Prov 12:2 : 2 A good person obtains favor from the LORD, but a person of wicked schemes is condemned.
  • Prov 13:15 : 15 Good understanding wins favor, but the way of the treacherous leads to ruin.
  • Prov 26:18-19 : 18 Like a madman who shoots fiery arrows, arrows, and death, 19 so is the one who deceives their neighbor and says, 'I was only joking!'
  • Prov 30:20 : 20 This is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats, wipes her mouth, and says, 'I have done nothing wrong.'
  • Rom 14:17-18 : 17 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit. 18 For anyone who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by people.
  • Jude 1:18 : 18 They said to you, 'In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires.'
  • Job 15:16 : 16 How much less is a man, who is detestable and corrupt, one who drinks iniquity like water!
  • Job 34:7-9 : 7 What man is like Job, who drinks scorn like water? 8 He walks in company with evildoers and associates with the wicked. 9 For he has said, 'A man gains nothing by delighting in God.'
  • Prov 1:22 : 22 How long, simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?
  • Prov 3:4 : 4 Then you will find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
  • Prov 8:35 : 35 For whoever finds me finds life and obtains favor from the LORD.